ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is rooted in Colombia. It’s landscape, people, traditions, and the memories that connect me with home. Through painting, printmaking, photography, and mixed media, I explore the relationship between nature, cultural heritage, memory, and identity. Personal growth and experiences of life are main protagonists of my process for ideation and concept. Living away from my hometown has changed the way I think and live life as an immigrant. At the same time, the distance has made the mountains, vegetation, cultivated fields, and domestic moments more meaningful to my practice.

The process starts by writing down my ideas and the different ways I could interpretate them. Then, I curate my photographs for references to create surreal compositions inspired in Colombia, so as selft portraits. The next step is to sketch a variety of compositions that will allow me to visualize the piece. Finally, doing a list of possible materials and techniques to combine for the final product. My work grows from Colombian rural life: agriculture, farmers, food, family, and handmade processes. As a result, my main incorporation is mixed media and techniques, so as of non-traditional materials such as burlap and coffee. This provides an interesting way to reinforce the concept, and its relation with agricultural processes.

Nature is central to my practice, particularly the páramos; a high-altitude landscape found only in the Andes, known for its cold, misty climate and unique plants. The Frailejón is a native plant of this ecosystem and has become a recurring symbol throughout my work. It represents resilience, life, growth, and most important, it produces water. Through colorful brushstrokes in acrylic, oil and mixed media, I consider both the beauty of these ecosystems and our responsibility to protect them. By bringing urban environments into collision with these natural landscapes, I question the effects of consumption, pollution and human intervention.

My practice is also a way to heal wounds from the past. Through self-portraiture and depictions of nature, I represent my country not simply as a geographical place, but as an emotional landscape shaped by memory, identity, and belonging. It is a place that continues to live within my heart and my artwork.

BIO

Yesi Tatiana Dueñas Gomez (b. 1998, Bogotá D.C., Colombia) is an artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. Through painting, photography, print making, and non-traditional materials, sheexplores identity, memory, and  environmental issues. Her practice is influenced by Colombian traditions, agriculture, and nature.

Dueñas Gomez’s work has been exhibited at Sandy Springs City Hall, Kai Lin Art and the Supermarket in 2026 as well as the Fine Arts Showcase at SCAD Atlanta2024-2026. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

EXHIBITIONS

2026, Georgia Tech Christian Campus Fellowship

2026, Caminos Compartidos, Sandy Springs City Hall, Atlanta, GA

2026, Stricly Human, The Supermarket, Atlanta, GA

2026, Friends of Genne, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA

2026, Fine Arts Show Case, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

2025, Fine Arts Show Case, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

2025, Works on Paper Exchange Exhibition, Hudgens Arts Center, Duluth, GA

2025, Works on Paper Exchange Exhibition, G Gallery, Songdo, South Korea

2024, Fine Arts Show Case, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2024, Atlanta, GA

2024, Photography Exhibition, Suwanee Arts Center, 2024, Suwanee, GA

2022, Painting Exhibition, Arts Center Paipa, Paipa, Boy, Colombia

2022, Photography Exhibition, Arts Center Paipa, Tenjo, Cun, Colombia

2021, Photography Exhibition, Arts Center Paipa, Tenjo, Cun, Colombia